SNIA 2011 Winter Symposium
January 24 - January 27, 2011
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Click here to download the 2011 Winter Symposium Guide |
Registration Information
On-line registration for the SNIA Winter Symposium is now closed. However, individuals may register on site at the Sainte Claire.
Hotel Information

Sainte Claire Hotel
302 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
1-866-870-0726
The Sainte Claire Hotel is located in the heart of downtown San Jose, just off of I-680 and I-880 and only three miles from the San Jose Mineta International Airport.The Sainte Claire is centrally located to nearby attractions like the Tech Museum of Innovation, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Center for Performing Arts, and some of downtown San Jose's finest restaurants and entertainment. Parking at the hotel will be $15 per day, and $21 for overnight parking with in/out privileges. Parking is handled by valet.
2011 Winter Symposium Agenda
Last Update: 1/21/11 v9
Monday, January 24, 2011 |
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| 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast | Ballroom |
| 7:45 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Standards Committee | Boardroom |
| 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Green Storage TWG sub-group Meetings: Design Metrics & Spec Metrics | Santa Vesta |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Education Committee | Saratoga |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs) | Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch on your own | |
| 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Solid State Storage (SSS) TWG | Saratoga |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Cloud Storage TWG | Sainte Claire |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG) | Courtyard Room |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | SNW Tutorial: "Leveraging Social Media to Your Advantage" | Ballroom |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs) | Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer |
| 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | SNIA Staff Management Team Meeting (private) | Boardroom |
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Green Storage TWG sub-group Meeting: Power Supply | Santa Vesta |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | SNIA Website Editors Workshop - Learn about the new Drupal public frontend and how it will affect you. | Boardroom |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Introducing the SNIA and the Symposium Experience: A Brief Orientation and Q&A | Ballroom |
| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | BoF: File Systems - The Next Steps for the SNIA | Ballroom |
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | SNIA Staff Session - Part I (private) | Santa Cruz |
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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| 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast | Ballroom |
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7:45 AM - 3:00 PM 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Registration | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:15 AM - 9:20 AM |
Welcome and Opening Comments by Wayne Adams, SNIA Chairman KEYNOTE: Larry Freeman, author of "Evolution of the Storage Brain: A history of transformative events, with a glimpse into the future of data storage" |
Ballroom |
| 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Cloud Storage TWG | Sainte Claire |
| 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Green Storage TWG | Santa Vesta |
| 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM | SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG) | Courtyard Room |
| 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Solid State Storage (SSS) TWG | Saratoga |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Security TWG | Boardroom |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 2011 Storage Developer Conference (SDC) Taskforce | Santa Cruz |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs) | Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Long Term Retention TWG | Boardroom |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch provided by SNIA | Courtyard Atrium |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Storage Management Initiative (SMI) and SMI TSG joint | Courtyard Room |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Refreshments Available (session breaks as determined by Chairs) | Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer |
| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | SNIA Staff Session - Part II (private) | Santa Cruz |
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | SNIA Membership Recognition Awards and Reception | Courtyard Atrium |
| 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | BoF: SNIA Technology Center - The path to Green | Courtyard Atrium |
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
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| 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast | Ballroom |
| 7:45 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM | Spotlighting SNIA's Cloud and Green Initiatives - Updates from CSI & GSI | Ballroom |
| 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Green Storage Initiative (GSI) | Santa Vesta |
| 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Cloud Storage TWG | Sainte Claire |
| 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Data Protection and Capacity Optimization (DPCO) | Boardroom |
| 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG) | Grand Suite 631 |
| 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) | Saratoga |
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | SNIA Staff Session - Part III (private) | Santa Cruz |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | SNIA Technical Council (private) | Courtyard Room |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs) | Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) 2011 Activites Kickoff | Ballroom |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch provided by SNIA | Courtyard Atrium |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI) | Courtyard Room |
| 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Green Storage Initiative Marketing Committee | Santa Vesta |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | SNIA Staff Session - Part IV (private) | Santa Cruz |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs) | Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Cross Marketing Committee | Sainte Claire |
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | BoF: Archive Preservation in the Cloud | Ballroom |
Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
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| 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast | Ballroom |
| 7:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | SNIA Dictionary Production Team Meeting | Boardroom |
| 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Cloud Storage TWG | Sainte Claire |
| 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM | SMI-S Technical Track (managed by SMI TSG) | Courtyard Room |
| 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Data Integrity TWG | Santa Vesta |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) NFS Special Interest Group Meet & Greet | Saratoga |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) | Saratoga |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs) | Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch provided by SNIA | Courtyard Atrium |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | SNW Hands On Lab Planning Meeting | Courtyard Room |
| 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | XAM Initiative (XAMI) 2011 Planning Meeting | Sainte Claire |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Refreshments available (session breaks as determined by Chairs) | Grand Ballroom Foyer & Sainte Claire Foyer |
* NOTE: Thursday meetings may end before 5pm, depending on the group's individual agenda.
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